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Psalms 56:6
They gather together, They hide, they mark my steps, When they lie in wait for my life.
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Psalms 36:4
He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil.
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1 Samuel 24 11-1 Samuel 24 12
Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my life to take it.Let the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you.
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Psalms 21:11
For they intended evil against You; They devised a plot which they are not able to perform.
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Psalms 64:5-6
They encourage themselves in an evil matter; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say,“ Who will see them?”They devise iniquities:“ We have perfected a shrewd scheme.” Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.
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Hosea 7:6
They prepare their heart like an oven, While they lie in wait; Their baker sleeps all night; In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
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Psalms 38:12
Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long.
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1 Samuel 26 1-1 Samuel 26 25
Now the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying,“ Is David not hiding in the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”Then Saul arose and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the Wilderness of Ziph.And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite Jeshimon, by the road. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had indeed come.So David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army. Now Saul lay within the camp, with the people encamped all around him.Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying,“ Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” And Abishai said,“ I will go down with you.”So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the people lay all around him.Then Abishai said to David,“ God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!”But David said to Abishai,“ Do not destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?”David said furthermore,“ As the Lord lives, the Lord shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go out to battle and perish.The Lord forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the Lord’s anointed. But please, take now the spear and the jug of water that are by his head, and let us go.”So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul’s head, and they got away; and no man saw or knew it or awoke. For they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen on them.Now David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off, a great distance being between them.And David called out to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying,“ Do you not answer, Abner?” Then Abner answered and said,“ Who are you, calling out to the king?”So David said to Abner,“ Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your Lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy your Lord the king.This thing that you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, you deserve to die, because you have not guarded your master, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the jug of water that was by his head.”Then Saul knew David’s voice, and said,“ Is that your voice, my son David?” David said,“ It is my voice, my Lord, O king.”And he said,“ Why does my Lord thus pursue his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?Now therefore, please, let my Lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the Lord has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day from sharing in the inheritance of the Lord, saying,‘ Go, serve other gods.’So now, do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord. For the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”Then Saul said,“ I have sinned. Return, my son David. For I will harm you no more, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Indeed I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.”And David answered and said,“ Here is the king’s spear. Let one of the young men come over and get it.May the Lord repay every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.And indeed, as your life was valued much this day in my eyes, so let my life be valued much in the eyes of the Lord, and let Him deliver me out of all tribulation.”Then Saul said to David,“ May you be blessed, my son David! You shall both do great things and also still prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
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Psalms 2:1-2
Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing?The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,
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Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy.
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Psalms 120:7
I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war.
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Psalms 62:3
How long will you attack a man? You shall be slain, all of you, Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.
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Nahum 1:11
From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.
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1 Samuel 23 19-1 Samuel 23 24
Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying,“ Is David not hiding with us in strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.”And Saul said,“ Blessed are you of the Lord, for you have compassion on me.Please go and find out for sure, and see the place where his hideout is, and who has seen him there. For I am told he is very crafty.See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides; and come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search for him throughout all the clans of Judah.”So they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
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Micah 2:1-3
Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.Therefore thus says the Lord:“ Behold, against this family I am devising disaster, From which you cannot remove your necks; Nor shall you walk haughtily, For this is an evil time.
